When enquiring into genealogy, family history, and/or local history etc. you'll find that most locations in Denmark are identified from the County (Danish: ~Amt), District (Danish: ~Herred), or Parish (Danish: Sogn) in which they are located. For practical purposes the 24 Counties which existed from 1793 to 1970 are used.
These Counties are:
- Aabenraa
- Aalborg
- Aarhus
- Bornholm
- Frederiksborg
- Haderslev
- Holbæk
- Hjørring
- København
- Maribo
- Odense
- Præstø
- Randers
- Ribe
- Ringkøbing
- Roskilde
- Skanderborg
- Sorø
- Svendborg
- Sønderborg
- Thisted
- Tønder
- Vejle
- Viborg
Although Denmark are still subdivided into about 2.200 parishes, both counties and district are now only historic administrative units, and locations in a non-historic context are mostly identified by smallest administrative unit in present-day Denmark: the municipality.
